Proton beam therapy has reportedly cured five-year-old Ashya King of brain cancer after his family removed him from hospital in Southampton and took him to Prague for the treatment.

The parents of five-year-old Ashya King, who were jailed when they took him abroad for brain cancer treatment, have declared their son has made a “miracle” recovery.

Brain cancer patient Ashya King is set to undergo his last dose of proton therapy after his condition improved, the clinic treating him has said.

About 300 people are diagnosed with a brain tumour every year — high profile examples include singers Russell Watson and Sheryl Crow, who both survived.

The father of Ashya King has revealed that he was convinced to seek help for the five-year-old in the Czech Republic after an NHS radiologist told him proton beam therapy was "superior" to conventional treatment.

The father of Ashya King has revealed he was convinced to seek help for the five-year-old in the Czech Republic after an NHS radiologist told him proton beam therapy was “superior” to conventional treatment.

British boy Ashya King underwent his first proton beam therapy session for a life-threatening brain tumour in Prague on Monday, a week after the 5-year-old boy was flown there from Spain.

British boy Ashya King – at the centre of a legal dispute after his parents took him from a UK hospital without doctors’ consent – is receiving the first treatment for his brain tumour in the Czech capital.

Five-year-old Ashya King is set to start a proton therapy treatment plan in the Czech Republic to help him beat brain cancer.

The father of Ashya King has claimed the family felt unable to tell UK doctors their feelings because they feared he would be taken into care.

Ashya King, who is undergoing his first tests at a Czech clinic in preparation for proton treatment, could have a 70% chance of survival, doctors said.

Ashya King will make his first visit today to the Czech clinic where he is expected to receive the treatment that prompted the legal wrangle over his care.

The parents of a sick five-year-old boy who hit the headlines after taking the youngster from a hospital without doctors’ permission, have been given the go-ahead to take their son to the Czech Republic for proton beam treatment.

As Ashya King’s parents were reunited with their son in a Spanish hospital yesterday after being released from prison on Tuesday, they claimed they had been treated like terrorists.

The parents of brain tumour patient Ashya King have described their anguish at being separated from him after they were arrested and held in a Spanish prison for several days.

The grandmother of brain tumour patient Ashya King said she was “relieved” his parents had been released from a Spanish prison but the authorities in the UK needed to be held to account.

The parents of brain tumour patient Ashya King said they were “relieved” and “tired” as they left a Spanish prison and prepared to be reunited “as soon as possible” with their five-year-old son.

The parents of brain tumour patient Ashya King are being released in Spain, according to family members.

The parents of brain tumour patient Ashya King are being released in Spain, according to family members.

The parents of brain tumour patient Ashya King appear set to be reunited with their son after prosecutors dropped the case against them.

Prosecutors are seeking to withdraw the arrest warrant for the parents of brain tumour patient Ashya King, a High Court judge in England has been told.

The council that began legal action after brain tumour patient Ashya King was removed from hospital without his doctors’ consent has joined mounting calls for extradition proceedings against his parents to be dropped.

The parents of five-year-old brain cancer patient Ashya King have spent another night away from their son as relatives and supporters continued to demand their release from detention.

The parents of a five-year-old brain cancer patient Ashya King, who was taken from hospital without doctors’ consent, are being detained for up to 72 hours.

A Spanish judge has ordered the detention for 72 hours of a British couple who took their critically ill five-year-old son abroad against doctors’ advice.

Relatives of a five-year-old brain cancer patient taken from hospital in England without doctors’ consent have described the decision to arrest his parents as “cruel”.

Legal proceedings against the parents of a five-year-old brain cancer patient who took him out of hospital without doctors’ consent are expected to continue in Spain today.

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British police have arrived in Malaga to question the parents of Ashya King, the five-year-old boy with a brain tumour who was taken out of a hospital in the UK on Thursday without doctors’ consent.

Spanish media have said a mother and father who took their child from an English hospital to Spain are due before a judge tomorrow accused of child cruelty.

British police are due to arrive in Spain to question the parents of a five-year-old boy with cancer who was taken from hospital in England without doctors’ consent.

Missing five-year-old Ashya King, who was taken by his parents from Southampton General Hospital without doctors’ consent, has been found in Spain, Hampshire Constabulary said.

A European arrest warrant has been issued for the parents of a five-year-old boy with a brain tumour who was taken from hospital in Britain against medical advice, police said.

The battery on the feeding system of a five-year-old boy with a brain tumour, who was taken from hospital by his parents without consent is "now likely to have expired," police said.

The battery on the feeding system of a five-year-old boy with a brain tumour who was taken from hospital by his parents without consent is “now likely to have expired”, police in England have said.

“Time is running out” for a five-year-old boy with a brain tumour who was taken without consent from hospital by his parents as the battery on his feeding system runs out today, British police have said.

“Time is running out” for a five-year-old boy with a brain tumour who was taken without consent from hospital by his parents as the battery on his feeding system runs out today, police have said.